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MeSH Heading: Posterior Cerebral Artery
Tree Number(s): A07.015.114.228.700
Unique ID: D020769
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020769
Scope Note: Artery formed by the bifurcation of the BASILAR ARTERY. Branches of the posterior cerebral artery supply portions of the OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; inferior temporal gyrus, brainstem, and CHOROID PLEXUS.
Entry Term(s): Cerebral Artery, Posterior
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Arteries (1966-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/07/01

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Posterior Cerebral Artery MeSH Descriptor Data 2024